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CEEB Code: 828440 LOWER CANADA COLLEGE For a full profile please go to our website: www.lcc.ca 4090, avenue Royal Headmaster: Christopher Shannon / ext. 233 Montréal, Québec H4A 2M5 Pre-University Coordinator: Brian Moore / ext. 260 T 514 482 9916 Academic Advisor: Kim Tulloch / ext. 230 F 514 482 0195 Assistant to the Pre-University Office: Janette Gentile / ext. 466 www.lcc.ca

Founded in 1909, Lower Canada College is a selective, indepen- Curriculum dent day school, K through Pre-University (grade 12). For most of its history LCC has been a boys’ school, with coeducation in Pre-University For the Middle and Senior School students, the school year is since 1992. Since September 1995, LCC has been coeducational at all divided into three terms with all courses extending over all terms. A levels. In 2012–2013 girls constitute 42% of the school population. normal course load consists of 10 courses in grades 9, 10 and 11. The school has an enrolment of approximately 765 consisting of The Pre-University students have four terms and take their six the Junior School (K through grade 6), the Middle School (grades 7 and classes over each term. Courses meet three to four times per 8), the Senior School (grades 9 through 11), and the Pre-University week, with frequency weights in favour of English, French and year (grade 12). The student / teacher ratio is 11:1. mathematics (core subjects). All courses are university preparatory The school seeks able students who are interested in both and rigorous in nature. challenging themselves academically and in contributing to other aspects of school life. The student body is diverse, representing over 20 nationalities, with 31% of the students speaking a language Course Offerings other than English as their mother tongue. One hundred percent (100%) of our graduates continue their education at college or uni- versity. Seventeen percent (17%) receive financial awards. Grade 11 Grade 12 LCC has been a member of since 2007. Round Square is a world-wide association of more than 80 schools across English * English * five continents sharing unique and ambitious goals. Students attend- French or Français * French ing Round Square schools make a strong commitment, beyond academic excellence, to personal development and responsibility. Math * Canada and World Issues This is achieved by participating in community service, work projects, Physical Education * Advanced Placement Economics exchange programs and adventuring, which can, and often does, Ethics and Religious Culture * Political Science take students half way around the world. Contemporary World * Philosophy Accreditation Arts Education * Communications Technology

The Ministry of Education (Ministère de l’éducation, Chemistry/Enriched Chemistry Mathematics of Data Management loisir et sport) and the Canadian Accredited Independent Schools Media Exploration Calculus and Vectors accredit the school. LCC is a member of CAIS, the Quebec Associa- tion of Independent Schools (QAIS) and the National Association of Short Film & Media Advanced Placement Independent Schools (NAIS) in the United States. Spanish III AB Calculus

Grade Structure Le droit Advanced Placement 20th Century History BC Calculus Secondary V (grade 11) is the final year of secondary school in Enriched History of the Advanced Chemistry Quebec, after which students must enter a two-year program at Western World a CEGEP (Collège d’enseignement général et professionnel) if they Advanced Physics wish subsequently to enter a three-year undergraduate university Global Issues (World Geography) Biology program in the province of Quebec. Visual Art The Pre-University year at Lower Canada College corresponds Student Leadership to the final year of secondary school (grade 12) elsewhere in Music North America and is of interest to those who intend to pursue their post-secondary education elsewhere in Canada, in the Advanced Level Art United States and overseas. * Compulsory Unique in , the Pre-University program enrols both LCC graduates and graduates of other secondary schools in the Montreal area and from further afield. The enrolment in grade 11 is approximately 100 students and in the Pre-University year approximately 40 students. LCC | School profile

University Destinations for Pre-University Program Graduates 2005–2012 Standardized Testing Canadian Universities Saint Mary’s University Standardized testing is optional for students interested in Bishop’s University University of British Columbia pursuing post-secondary education outside of Canada. We do not Brock University UBC – Okanagan provide any preparation for SAT examination as part of our academic Carleton University University of Guelph Less than fifty per cent (50%) of Dalhousie University curriculum for our students. University of King’s College the Pre-University class took SAT exams during the 2011–2012 Emily Carr University of Art & Design University of New Brunswick academic year. Humber College University of Ottawa Huron College (UWO) University of Toronto

McGill University Univeristy of Toronto-Scarborough SAT exams – 23 students McMaster University University of Victoria (includes grades 11 – Pre-University) Mount Allison University University of Waterloo Mount Royal College University of Western Ontario Reasoning Median Subject No. of Median Wilfrid Laurier University Test Score Tests students Score Queen’s University Ryerson University York University Critical 610 Saint Francis Xavier Reading University Destinations for Pre-University Math 650 Pro gram Graduates 2005–2012

Writing 610 Chemistry 2 690 Chinese Language 1 800 US Universities French 4 760 American University Pratt Institute French Listening 4 670 Appalachian State University Princeton University Literature 4 570 Babson College Redlands University Math 1 2 690 Bentley College Reed College Math 2 5 770 Boston University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Physics 2 770 Spanish Language 1 730 Brandeis University Rollins College Brown University Saint Lawrence University Chapman University Saint-Louis University Colgate University Saint Michael’s College Advanced Placement Cornell College San Francisco State University Cornell University Suffolk University Due to the curricular requirements of the Quebec Ministère Dartmouth College SUNY- FIT de l’éducation, du loisir et du sport, LCC is limited in the number of Duke University Syracuse University Advanced Placement courses we can offer. Officially, we have three Elon University U.S. Military Academy at West Point AP designated courses: AB Calculus, BC Calculus, and Economics. Emory University (GA) University of California - Berkeley Students taking these courses are NOT required to take the AP exam. Florida Atlantic University University of California - San Diego Students may choose to write an AP exam in any subject area and LCC Georgia Institute of Technology University of Colorado - Boulder provides test preparation for the following subjects: Chemistry, Phys- Harvard University University of Georgia ics, Biology, French, Spanish, English and European History. John Carroll University University of Miami In 2012, a total of 40 students (including grades 10 to Pre- Middlebury College University of Michigan University) wrote AP exams in 8 different subjects. Fifty-five (55) New York University University of Pennsylvania AP exams in total were written by those students. Northwestern University University of Pittsburgh Franklin W. Olin College of University of Southern California 2012 Engineering University of Wisconsin – Madison Parsons (The New School Washington University – Saint Louis for Design) Wesleyan University Yale University Overseas Universities Durham University, UK Technologio de Monterrey, Mexico Exeter University, UK University of Aberdeen, Scotland Frrench Lang/Culture Frrench Total Score English Lang/Comp. Macroeconomics Microeconomics AB. Calculus BC Calculus Chemistry. C: Mechanics Physics Firenze Arti Visive, Italy University of Bristol, UK Franklin College, Switzerland University of Edinburgh, UK 5 1 1 2 14 5 1 7 31 Hebrew University, Israel University of Groningen, Parsons Paris (School of Art The Netherlands 4 1 1 5 2 2 6 17 & Design), France University of Nottigham, UK 3 1 1 1 1 1 5 Sciences Po, France University of Queensland, Australia Saint-Andrew's University, 2 1 1 Scotland LCC Secondary V (grade 11) Class of 2012 1 1 1 post-graduation Destinations

TOTAL 5 2 2 20 7 2 3 14 CEGEP – 76% Grade 12/Boarding School – 2% LCC Pre-U – 21% University – 1%